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7-16-2026 9:22pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A Pollinator Garden Grows in Islington
Darlene Cancell
Editor
If you are driving on Everett Street from Route 1 toward Clapboard Street, on the right, past all the businesses, where the Block property begins, along the sidewalk, you will see a sea of colorful flowers. Coneflower, black-eyed Susan, Joe Pye weed and other native flowers and plants are blooming. This plot of land is an oasis for bees and other pollinators, much needed as their numbers are steadily declining.
Photo by Maria Costantini. Pollinator-friendly flowers bloom on Westwood's Everett Street.I give credit to this revolution to the Planning Board and commend their foresight. Sites like this help create pollinators pathways - pollinator-friendly habitat and food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinating insects and wildlife along a series of continuous corridors (https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/).
Photo by Maria Costantini. Joe Pye weed (left) and black-eyed Susan (right) bloom in a busy area of Everett Street in Westwood, MA.Our own gardens can all be part of these pathways regardless of the amount of green space we have. The more we sustain pollinators the more we help maintain a balanced and resilient ecosystem. There is still time to plant some asters, which will bloom later in the summer.
Maria Costantini
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